News and Press Releases

Security forces in Eswatini arrested and tortured two South African journalists covering pro-democracy protests on 4 July. The International…

Palestinian security forces have repeatedly attacked and harassed journalists covering recent anti-government demonstrations across the West Bank. The…

Dutch journalist Peter R. de Vries is fighting for his life in hospital after being shot five times in Lange Leidsedwars street in Amsterdam yesterday…

Israel’s systematic targeting of journalists working in Palestine and its failure to properly investigate killings of media workers violates the…

Journalists’ union leaders from across Eastern Africa have vowed to step up the fight for fair pay, better working conditions and media freedoms at a…

Journalist Julian Assange is still being held in a maximum-security prison in London. On 3 July, he will celebrate his 50th birthday behind bars and…

Sudanese security forces arrested Al Jazeera journalist Ali Abou Shaleh while he was covering anti-government protests in Khartoum and released him…

The unauthorised use of IFJ International Press Cards (IPC) by undercover military agents posing as journalists in a Turkish drama series has been…

The Media Lawyers’ Association (MLA) and the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport have just published a new guide for journalists who…

Local journalist Aman Mohammad Khojamli was summoned to Gonbad City court and was transferred to the prison following his reporting over the…

Several journalists have been attacked and their equipment damaged or confiscated by security forces as they were covering a demonstration in…

En collaboration avec son affilié le Syndicat des journalistes syriens (UJS), la FIJ a organisé un atelier de concertation sur le renforcement de la…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) conducted two online workshops for lawyers from Burundi, Mexico, Sri Lanka and Yemen on the…

A bus carrying journalists on a press trip crashed near the city of Naqadeh in Northwestern Iran on 23 June killing 2 female reporters and wounding 21…

Retired journalist Tawfik Ghanem was arrested on 21 May for allegations of terrorism. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) denounces his…

The Slovak Supreme Court ruled on 15 June sided with the prosecutors who appealed against last summer’s acquittal of two accused in the murder of…